Beetle Fleet closes season with strong Bristol racing finish
Bristol sailors capped the Beetle season as Nick Tingley won the finkle race aboard Raven and Minx claimed the series with three firsts and one second. The Saturday series ended with Frolic second and Sigma third as Raven led the standings. Bristol Yacht Club officers discussed rules and sportsmanship with Beetle skippers after the races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim DeWolf
Collegésvis Crew
Bobby Booth
Bristol
Nick Tingley
Halsey Herreshoff
Raven
Tingleys
Freeman
Frolic
Walter DeWolf
Sigma
Bristol Yacht Club
DeWolf
Henry Street
Narragansett Bay
Yacht Club
Henry DeWolf
Jule Bruno
Bristol Senior High Names 12 Candidates for 1950 Football Squad
Twelve candidates register for the Bristol Senior High School 1950 football squad. Coach Ralph Nash notes nine graduates from 1949 and a nucleus of nineteen returning players. New prospects include S Annarummo R Velleca and E Calandra among others. team managers are A Lopes V Arcello and T Visione.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Senior High
Bristol Senior High School
Guiteras Field
Ralph K . Nash
Nash
S. Annarummo
R Velleca
R Feinberg
M. Gomes
R Brown
McClure
R Costa
B. Seamann
M. Correira
C. Ruggerio
G. Amaral
L. Dunbar
J Brum
E. Calandra
A. Francis
G Mereiros
F. Ardito
J. Andrade
R. Sousa
P Cadile
T. Annarummo
J. Carvalho
C&A Clinches Game With 13-2 Smash In Twi League Playoffs
C&A trounced Ascoli 13 to 2 to even the Twi League championship series. Joe Malloy pitched strongly, backed by a 2nd inning rally and a 5 run first inning. Game 3 set for tonight at 5 30 p m with Ascoli to start Willie Alves and C&A to counter Malloy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C&a
Joe Malloy
Ascoli
Tojnight
Malloy
Marty Biancuzzo
Dick M Harding
Johnny Baker
Ascoli’s
Willie Alves
This Thing Called Love Closes Newport Casino Season
The Newport Casino Theatre will end its 24th annual summer season with the final performance of This Thing Called Love a comedy by Edwin Burke starring John Howard The play originally produced at the Maxine Ello Theatre in New York ran for months and was praised as one of the ten best plays of the season by Percy Hammond.
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N2wport Casino Theatre
Newport
Edwin Burke
John Howard
Maxine Ello Theatre
New York
Percy Hammond
Hay fever causes and management highlighted in health column
The column explains hay fever effects on about 2.5 million Americans, caused by pollen from trees grasses and weeds with ragweed dominant late summer. It notes symptoms, risks of untreated hay fever leading to asthma, and urges medical consultation, desensitization injections, drug caution, stress avoidance, and community weed control efforts sponsored by Bristol District Nursing Association.
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Bristol Independents
Boccia Club
Bristol District Nursing Association
Post Team E Hafer 4 Ruggiero and Cordeiro key RBI
In a baseball page play by play, Hafer and Cordeiro drive in runs as Kearney Post beats a rival. Merritt dominates on the mound with 10 strikeouts through seven innings while Cordeiro works on relief.
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AnUraae
Lenarum
Sullivan
Hafer
Velleca
Grabert
St Louis
Bristol
Vitale
Mahon
Merritt
Ahearn
Bob—Merriitt
Cordeiro
Pettit
Ho—Merritt
Piskulish
Bristol Ab Po
Ruggiero S
Pirri
Lendrum
Velleca Cf
Andrauer
St. Louis Ab Po
Withrow
T Blais
G Wheat'y Cf
Delgau'o S Dueker
Groos
Weir
aLucido Pettit
Pisqulich
aFor Merritt
Independents Upset Boccia Club To Tie Bristol Softball Race
The Bristol Independents rallied from behind to beat the Boccia Club 6-5 in a key league game, tying for first place. Travers drove in two for Boccia early. Velleca and Riola sparked the Independents with two timely hits to force a decisive inning. The series for the championship opens tomorrow, with a potential deciding game Friday if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Independents
Bristol
Independents
Boccia Club
Travers
Boccia
Bocjcia
Bothelo
Velleca
Zip Riola
Bernado
What blocks Lake Michigan from the Illinois River
The lake cannot flow into the Illinois River because a broad valley in central Illinois is separated by a narrow ridge. The Chicago drainage canal cuts through that ridge, preventing direct flow between the lake and the river.
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Michigan
Illinois
Chicago
Savings Bonds Ad Encourages Payroll Savings Plan
A Treasury Department notice promotes U.S. Savings Bonds as the easy answer to funding future plans. It urges enrollment in payroll savings or Bond-A-Month plans and claims 1960 bonds will yield four dollars for every three invested.
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U. S
U.S. Treasury Department
Bristolites Forfeit Chance For Playoffs
The Bristolites softball team forfeited their playoff chances by failing to field a team against the Boccia Club. If they had won they would have earned a postseason berth. The Boccia Club hosted a pickup game with Bristolites and fans, leaving the finals likely to be contested by the Boccia Club and the Independents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristolites
Bristol
Boccia Club
Doric Club Lobster Boil Set At De Wolf Farm
Doric Club of St. Alban’s Lodge plans an annual lobster boil for 100 plus members and families. The event starts at noon with chowder, main course at 3 pm. Bruce Porter leads, with Paul Thompson handling entertainment and Herbert Clark in charge of food. Tickets available at Barr’s Hardware before Friday night.
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Doric Club of
St. Alban’s
de Wolf Farm
Bruce E. Porter
Porter
Paul Thompson
Herbert E. S. Clark
Barr’s
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Bristol Fashion
Francis L. DeWolf
New England Beetle Association
Falmouth Yacht Club
Russell Field
Barrington
East Passage
Congdon
Providence Point
Ted Congdon
John Borden
Coles River
van Tingley
Doug Borden
Fran
Julie Bruno
Bonnie
Seth Paull
Hans Langedoen
St. Seward Johnson
Johnson and Johnson Band Aid
Spaulding Dunbar
Thatham
Mass
Florida
Harry Town
John Alden
Fred Mason
Barringen
WM. S. King Auto Repairing
Mobilubrication
High St
H Grabert
E Gogha
C Alenendre
W Mancieri
V Texieri
F Pirri
C ‘Mansi
W Enos
K Robinson
R. “Casey
J Savino
T. Velleca
J Perry
A Costa
P. Quito
de Reso
A Almeida
J Abenante
Dick Rene
Artie Pansa
2D Massa
Sav Mancieri
Mannieri
Rene
Ronnie Rene
Ben Esposito
Pansa
C&a Boccia Club
Po Independénts
R Rene
Bender
Chall
Esposito
Bruno
Massa
Raiola
Mancieri
Verna
Newport Casino
Biancuzzo
Sylvia
Marshall
Matrone
R. H Rene
D Rene
Verna Esposito
Harding Massa Mancieri
R. Rene
Fitzpatrick
Curo
Bernard Shaw
Philip Barry
Mr Burke
Lfe
South America
Kearney
E—Hafer
Ruggiero
Werr
RBI
Grabert Sullivan
Roe
Mr Howard
Kenneth Tanner
Neil McFee Skinner
Pauline ‘Drake
Miss Duffy
Wase Oe Wu
Duffy
Martha Lewins
Oakland
Grace Hotby
Neil Skinner
Kulburg and Porter
Long
Carden Bailey
Bowles and Chapman
Uncle Sam
Iby Doric Club
Makowsky Bldg
Alfred Nunes
Msgr
Reliable Insurance Agency, Inc
Ellsworth
Axel” Munro
Mutual Broadcasting System
MBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Eate Firemens
Bristol Common
Sponsored
The
Defiance Hose Co
U. S. State
Bristol Colts
Rome
Industrial Trust
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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